Ahmedabad vs Bareilly
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Ahmedabad and Bareilly.
Live AQI from Open-Meteo CAMS (~45 km global model, updated hourly). Multi-year history from CPCB station data via aqinow.co pipeline (2016–2024, station-level daily records).
AQI Comparison
CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)
Summary
Overview
In 2024, Ahmedabad averaged an AQI of 117 while Bareilly averaged 61 — a 56-point (92%) gap, with Ahmedabad the more polluted and Bareilly the cleaner of the two. On 562 days when both cities reported, Bareilly was cleaner on 468 of them; the average daily gap was 83 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Both cities see their worst air in November on average. Ahmedabad logged 0.1% Severe days and 23.7% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Bareilly was 0% Severe and 73.1% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Ahmedabad 25 days, Bareilly 51 days.
Year-over-year progress
Ahmedabad has worsened by 52 AQI points (80%) from 2016 to 2024; Bareilly has improved by 50 AQI points (45%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Ahmedabad reached AQI 430 at Raikhad (IITM) on 2023-03-17; Bareilly hit AQI 292 at Rajendra Nagar (UPPCB) on 2022-11-03.
Station-level disparity
Ahmedabad spans 9 CPCB stations with a 44-point spread (min 95, max 139); Bareilly spans 2 stations with a 12-point spread (min 71, max 83).